diff --git a/bus/system.conf.in b/bus/system.conf.in
index ac2822f..1b6e716 100644
--- a/bus/system.conf.in
+++ b/bus/system.conf.in
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@
          even if they aren't in here -->
     <allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.DBus"/>
     <allow receive_sender="org.freedesktop.DBus"/>
+    <!-- Allow all signals to be sent by default -->
+    <allow send_type="signal"/>
     <!-- allow sending valid replies -->
     <allow send_requested_reply="true" send_type="method_return"/>
     <allow send_requested_reply="true" send_type="error"/>
diff --git a/test/name-test/Makefile.am b/test/name-test/Makefile.am
index fee1e60..10a2536 100644
--- a/test/name-test/Makefile.am
+++ b/test/name-test/Makefile.am
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ else
 TESTS=
 endif
 
-EXTRA_DIST=run-test.sh 
+EXTRA_DIST=run-test.sh run-test-systemserver.sh test-wait-for-echo.py
 
 if DBUS_BUILD_TESTS
 
diff --git a/test/name-test/run-test-systemserver.sh b/test/name-test/run-test-systemserver.sh
index fd82326..34dd648 100755
--- a/test/name-test/run-test-systemserver.sh
+++ b/test/name-test/run-test-systemserver.sh
@@ -39,3 +39,12 @@ if ! grep -q 'DBus.Error' echo-error-output.tmp; then
   echo "====="
   exit 1
 fi
+
+echo "running test echo signal"
+if ! python ./test-wait-for-echo.py; then
+  echo "Failed test-wait-for-echo"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/test/name-test/tmp-session-like-system.conf b/test/name-test/tmp-session-like-system.conf
index e483c89..96bbf76 100644
--- a/test/name-test/tmp-session-like-system.conf
+++ b/test/name-test/tmp-session-like-system.conf
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
          even if they aren't in here -->
     <allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.DBus"/>
     <allow receive_sender="org.freedesktop.DBus"/>
+    <!-- Allow all signals to be sent by default -->
+    <allow send_type="signal"/>
     <!-- valid replies are always allowed -->
     <allow send_requested_reply="true" send_type="method_return"/>
     <allow send_requested_reply="true" send_type="error"/>
@@ -41,6 +43,11 @@
 
   <policy context="default">
      <allow own="org.freedesktop.DBus.TestSuiteEchoService"/>
+     <allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.DBus.TestSuiteEchoService"
+            send_interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable"/>
+     <allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.DBus.TestSuiteEchoService"
+            send_interface="org.freedesktop.TestSuite"
+            send_member="EmitFoo"/>
   </policy>
 
   <!-- Config files are placed here that among other things,